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Gaby Morlay

Acting Born Jun 8, 1893 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France 24 credits

Biography

Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France.

Morlay began acting in the era of silent films, and became known as co-star with Max Linder in his "Max" series. She starred in a series of "Gaby" films such as Gaby en auto (1917) and more than 20 other silent films. She moved easily into talking films in the early 1930s. She played Queen Victoria in the 1939 historical film Entente cordiale.

She had an affair with the government minister Max Bonnafous (1900–75) during World War II, and as a result, she was investigated for collaboration with the Nazis after the liberation of France. Later she married Bonnafous. Morlay continued to play important roles in the 1940s and 1950s.

She was an art lover and was a friend and admirer of the Italian painter Beretta Dimario who lived in Nice.

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Known for

Cinépanorama

as Self
Film

Fortunate

as Mlle Emilienne Massillon

Full filmography

  • Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
  • Reflets de Cannes (1954) as Self
  • Plaisir du théâtre (1956) as La mère de Denise
  • Quadrille (1938) as Paulette Nanteuil, comédienne
  • Le Plaisir (1952) as Denise - la femme d'Ambroise
  • The Dreamy Mouth (1932) as Gaby
  • Gigi (1949) as Tante Alicia
  • L'Arlésienne (1942) as Rose Mamaï
  • Royal Affairs in Versailles (1953) as Countess de la Motte
  • Fortunate (1960) as Mlle Emilienne Massillon
  • Samson (1936) as Anne-Marie d'Andeline
  • The Twilight Girls (1957) as Mme Ancelin
  • The Scandal (1934) as Charlotte Férioul
  • The Last Metro (1945) as Mathilde Bourgeot
  • Hercule (1938) as Juliette Leclerc
  • They Were Twelve Women (1940) as Madame Marion
  • My Darned Father (1958) as Roberte
  • The King (1936) as Marthe Bourdier
  • Jeanne (1934) as Madeleine Préolier
  • A Lover's Return (1946) as Geneviève Gonin
  • Companion Wanted (1932) as (uncredited)
  • La bande à Bobo (1963) as Countess del Mariano
  • The Seniors (1936) as Hélène Lormier
  • Anna (1951) as Mother superior